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tait@ gisten @anni @ffice HENRY B. BARBER, O F SGTI, NEW YCRK. ,Letters Patent No. (35,464, dated June 4, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRESSES.

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'IO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. BARBER. of Scott, in the county of Courtland, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and .useful improvements in Presses; and do hereby declare that the fellow ing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the frame of the press, having a suitable base, A', upon which the article to he pressed is placed. The top of the press is contracted as shown, and is' provided with a vertical rack-bar, B, which extends above the top of' `Frame A. At the contracted portion of the frame is left an opening, with grooves formed upon the inside'. Into this opening is placed the metallic slide C, which has ribs w x on each side for the purpose of fitting into the grooves in the frame. This plate has a jointed pa-wl, e, pivoted to the lower part of its inner face, where there is an opening made for the insertion of' this pawl, and has also a pawl, a, pivo'ted to its upper part. l) represents an eccentric-lever, secured between the ears on the frontei' the plate, and which operates the press. Secured in the groove beneath the sliding-plate C is the follower D, which has a rib, g, en one side, and a rack-bar, m, on its other. At the lower part of this opening` .is inserted 'a small shaft, with a cog-wheel, s, facing in the groove,by which means the follower is raised after being depressed by the lever and sliding-plate C. Ai'ter the follower is pressed sufficiently to suit the article placed beneath it, a wedge, t, maybe driven through an opening in the press `frame, and a. groove, w, in the top of the follower., to hold the follower and keep the article under the press, when the sliding-plate C and lever may he witlnlrawn from the frame, and ready for use upon another press.

This invention maybe of either a double or single forni, and used for pressing anything desired. It will Vbe seen that the cam .2 pressing against thejointed pawl will release it from the rack-bar B, so that the plate can be slipped out of' the grooves.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sliding-plate C, with its pawls a e, and eceentricdever D, when used. in combination with the rack-bar B yand follower 'D and frame, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set niy hand and seal this 15th day of March, 1867.

HENRY B. BARBER.

Witnesses:

C. II. MARR, e.- A. H. CUTLnR 

